returned to the West to fulfil his duties as commissioner, and died soon after from an attack of gout on the 15th of December, 1796, “after a life of honor and usefulness.” No general ever gained more sobriquets than Wayne; that most widely known, “Mad Anthony,” was given on account of his unexpected success in perilous expeditions, though Washington called him “prudent.” The title of “Dandy Wayne” was also applied to him because of his scrupulous attention to his dress; and in a letter to Washington he declares his preference for an elegant uniform and soldierly appearance, rather than poorly clad troops with more ammunition. The Indians at first called him “Black Snake,” perhaps because that reptile will attack any other species and rarely gets the worst of an encounter. After he defeated them in 1794, however, they named him “Wind,” or “Tornado,” because “he was exactly like a hurricane that drives and tears and prostrates everything before it.” JOHN PHILIP DE HAAS. John Philip de Haas, born in Holland about 1735, belonged to an ancient family of northern France. In 1750, he removed with his father to the United States, settling in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He served as ensign during the French and Indian War, taking part in Bouquet’s battle with the Indians at Bushy Run near Pittsburg, August 5 and 6, 1763. In 1776, he was appointed colonel of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, and assisted in the Canada campaign and at Ticonderoga. After the battle of Long Island, he was promoted to be brigadier-general on the 21st of February, 1777, and served in that rank to the close of the war. The remainder of his life was spent in Philadelphia, where he died on the 3d of June, 1795. JOHN PETER MUHLENBURG.